You are a lyricist and you have been asked to write lyrics for your favorite band or singer/songwriter! Exciting! There are many other lyricists out there like you who are competing for the band to pick their lyrics, this is a competition!
Task
You are a lyricist and you have been asked to write lyrics for your favorite band or singer/songwriter! Because the band is on a tight time crunch to get their album recorded, you only have a limited amount of time-- three days to get your lyrics completed. If you are to be chosen, your lyrics will appear on the bands new record, and you will be given VIP backstage passes to their show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, along with a meet and greet and dinner (with up to 6 of your friends) AND copyright privileges, along with any revenue the song may make! However, there are many other lyricists out there like you. You must thoroughly research the patterns and themes of lyrics your band or singer-songwriter already writes about, and incorporate them into your final product. You will be creating a podcast of your lyrics on GarageBand to virtually share with a panel of judges, which include the bands manager, agent, publicist, and a member from the band itself. You will also be asked to memorize your lyrics to recite to the judges physically.
(This story should match the Task Description/Summary from your unit in Stage 2 (Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?). You can copy and paste from Dr. Grace's wiki.Tell the story of the Role, Audience, Situation, and Product & Performance. Be a story teller. Save any classroom-specific information for the Process. Build the scenario and stay in character. You can reference the Introduction but try not to duplicate the information that's in the Introduction.)
Conclusion
Great job! You have researched you favorite bands style of lyrics and songwriting, and written your own lyrics to share with them! Good luck, hopefully the judges pick your lyrics so you can reap all the lavish benefits of meeting your favorite band! If not, perhaps this will inspire you to create your own lyrics and songs!
(Tie everything the participants have done back to the Goal. Why did they go through all of this? Tie the scenario to the real world. Remind them of the "Big Idea" that they were supposed to gain from this, just in case they didn't make the connection on their own. Don't get preachy. If you ask a question here, it has to be rhetorical. No work or assignments should be included. Short is good.)
Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form):(T)
Goal: Make students understand that poetry is apart of our modern day culture Role: Lyricist Audience: Musicians, A panel of special judges Situation: Submitting lyrics written for their favorite band/singer songwriter Product/Presentation: Very well written lyrics Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation): Podcast Rubric; enthusiasm 10%, preparation 20%, vocabulary 20%, creativity 20%, volume 5%, tone 5%. Presentation Rubric; stage presence 10%, preparation 20%, band biography 20%, memorization 20%, volume 10%, song sharing 10%.
Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):
Other Evidence(OE)
•Glogster-
Research online ways poetry is used in our culture and create a story board, this will be done individually and students will be asked to think creatively to come up with different ways poetry is used in our society. This lesson is an introduction to the unit and I would like to see what they already know. If the student has a favorite poet already that may include him/her on the story board. The story board may be done digitally using glogster, or hand made. This lesson is free formed and must contain at least 3 different resources (magazines, newspapers, online articles, pictures, etc.) •Garage Band-Create online podcast using Garage Band alone. Students will recite their own poems and use sound effects that fit the lyrics of the poems. Students will then export these podcasts to iTunes and share them with other students to make playlists and put on their iPods or iPhones. •Blogger- Keep an organized list of the poems you write, which you can share with an online community and always be able to have. Blogs could be published on any online site that stumbles across them, and the blogs will be used as a tool to see the advancements made by the student
•Skype- With an actual poet or musician to ensure that people today still write poetry and songs. Also to gain inspiration and new information about different techniques and theories that are being used in our modern culture.
•YouTube-Look up spoken word poetry performances and discuss how different this type of poetry is then traditional poetry that is written. Students will write their own spoken word poem with a partner and publish it to YouTube.
•Penzu- Online journals to write your reflections in that will only be seen by you. Great resource to keep track of poems that you enjoyed, and also poems you wrote that may not be done yet, or ready to share on blog.
Introduction
You are a lyricist and you have been asked to write lyrics for your favorite band or singer/songwriter! Exciting! There are many other lyricists out there like you who are competing for the band to pick their lyrics, this is a competition!Task
You are a lyricist and you have been asked to write lyrics for your favorite band or singer/songwriter! Because the band is on a tight time crunch to get their album recorded, you only have a limited amount of time-- three days to get your lyrics completed. If you are to be chosen, your lyrics will appear on the bands new record, and you will be given VIP backstage passes to their show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, along with a meet and greet and dinner (with up to 6 of your friends) AND copyright privileges, along with any revenue the song may make! However, there are many other lyricists out there like you. You must thoroughly research the patterns and themes of lyrics your band or singer-songwriter already writes about, and incorporate them into your final product. You will be creating a podcast of your lyrics on GarageBand to virtually share with a panel of judges, which include the bands manager, agent, publicist, and a member from the band itself. You will also be asked to memorize your lyrics to recite to the judges physically.
(This story should match the Task Description/Summary from your unit in Stage 2 (Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?). You can copy and paste from Dr. Grace's wiki. Tell the story of the Role, Audience, Situation, and Product & Performance. Be a story teller. Save any classroom-specific information for the Process. Build the scenario and stay in character. You can reference the Introduction but try not to duplicate the information that's in the Introduction.)
Conclusion
Great job! You have researched you favorite bands style of lyrics and songwriting, and written your own lyrics to share with them! Good luck, hopefully the judges pick your lyrics so you can reap all the lavish benefits of meeting your favorite band! If not, perhaps this will inspire you to create your own lyrics and songs!(Tie everything the participants have done back to the Goal. Why did they go through all of this? Tie the scenario to the real world. Remind them of the "Big Idea" that they were supposed to gain from this, just in case they didn't make the connection on their own. Don't get preachy. If you ask a question here, it has to be rhetorical. No work or assignments should be included. Short is good.)
Role: Lyricist
Audience: Musicians, A panel of special judges
Situation: Submitting lyrics written for their favorite band/singer songwriter
Product/Presentation: Very well written lyrics
Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation): Podcast Rubric; enthusiasm 10%, preparation 20%, vocabulary 20%, creativity 20%, volume 5%, tone 5%. Presentation Rubric; stage presence 10%, preparation 20%, band biography 20%, memorization 20%, volume 10%, song sharing 10%.
Research online ways poetry is used in our culture and create a story board, this will be done individually and students will be asked to think creatively to come up with different ways poetry is used in our society. This lesson is an introduction to the unit and I would like to see what they already know. If the student has a favorite poet already that may include him/her on the story board. The story board may be done digitally using glogster, or hand made. This lesson is free formed and must contain at least 3 different resources (magazines, newspapers, online articles, pictures, etc.)
•Garage Band-Create online podcast using Garage Band alone. Students will recite their own poems and use sound effects that fit the lyrics of the poems. Students will then export these podcasts to iTunes and share them with other students to make playlists and put on their iPods or iPhones.
•Blogger- Keep an organized list of the poems you write, which you can share with an online community and always be able to have. Blogs could be published on any online site that stumbles across them, and the blogs will be used as a tool to see the advancements made by the student
•Skype- With an actual poet or musician to ensure that people today still write poetry and songs. Also to gain inspiration and new information about different techniques and theories that are being used in our modern culture.
•YouTube-Look up spoken word poetry performances and discuss how different this type of poetry is then traditional poetry that is written. Students will write their own spoken word poem with a partner and publish it to YouTube.
•Penzu- Online journals to write your reflections in that will only be seen by you. Great resource to keep track of poems that you enjoyed, and also poems you wrote that may not be done yet, or ready to share on blog.